• Priority Property Pool Cases – Short-form expedited hearings

    This brochure provides information about the option for a short-form expedited hearing in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for Priority Property Pool Cases (PPP Cases)

  • National rollout of Webex for electronic hearings

    Following the successful expansion of the Webex pilot to NSW and ACT, the Court will progress with a national rollout of Webex for electronic hearings.

  • First court event – helpful information

    This fact sheet is for people who are representing themselves in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (the Court). People who are not represented by a lawyer are commonly referred to as ‘unrepresented litigants’ or ‘litigants in person’. This information is about the first court event, otherwise known as the ‘duty list’.

  • Reconciliation Action Plan - May 2025 to May 2027

    This 2025–2027 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) reflects the Courts’ continuing commitment to supporting access to justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

  • Children: Overview

    This page provides an overview about arrangements for children after separation and the Court’s jurisdiction to make parenting orders.

  • Children: I have been served

    This page provides information about your options when you have been served with an application or response for parenting orders.

  • Central Practice Direction: Migration proceedings

    The purpose of this Practice Direction is to set out the practice and procedure of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (Court) for the case management of its migration caseload. It does not otherwise apply to general federal law proceedings.

  • Priority Property Pool Cases - Update to the profession 2

    Update 2 on the expansion of Priority Property Pool Cases including a flow chart which summarises how Initiating Applications seeking financial orders will be considered by the Court from the point of filing.

  • Media Release: Appointments highlight career pathway through Courts to judicial office

    On 8 September, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) (‘the Court’) celebrated 6 judicial appointments, made by the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Honourable Michelle Rowland MP. Of those 6 appointments, 5 were sitting as Senior Judicial Registrars of the Court.
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The Courts acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders, past, present and emerging.